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Jersey Number 24
Chris Balogh
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- First Base
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 219
- Hometown:
- Allen, Texas
- High School:
- Allen
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Hits: 2 vs. Northern Illinois (2/20/16)
Runs: 1 (2x) last at Northeastern (3/21/17)
RBIs: 2 at Northeastern (4/5/17)
AS A SENIOR (2017)
Played in 19 games, making two starts – one at first base and one as the designated hitter … logged five hits, one run, four RBIs and three walks … tabbed a perfect fielding percentage in 19 chances … went 4-for-16 as a pinch hitter … was 3-for-4 with a runner on third and less than two outs …logged an RBI as a pinch hitter against No. 4 North Carolina (4/8) … tallied a career-high two RBIs, driving in the game winner with a double, in the first-round Beanpot win at Northeastern (4/5) … went 1-for-2 with an RBI in the victor over Massachusetts (3/29) … recorded a 1-for-3 day with a run scored against the Huskies in the first meeting of the season (3/21), coming in as a defensive replacement at first base … drew two walks in first start of the year against Toledo (3/7) … logged a pinch-hit single against Villanova (2/25) …earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement and was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Played in 26 games, making four starts – three as the designated hitter and one at first base … recorded seven hits, one run, one double, one RBI and five walks in 32 at bats …tallied a pinch-hit RBI single to drive in first career run in the Super Regional at No. 3 seed Miami (6/12) … drew a pinch-hit walk in the victory over No. 15 Tulane (6/5) … recorded a pinch-hit single against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament first-round game in Durham, N.C. (5/24) … drew a walk as a pinch hitter at Notre Dame (4/17) … went 1-for-1 with two walks in three pinch-hitting appearance against No. 16 Virginia (4/8-10) … singled in ninth the second game versus the Cavs, which put the game-winning run on first and the pinch runner eventually came around to score, tying the series … recorded first career double as a pinch hitter at Pittsburgh (3/25) … went 1-for-3 with first career BC run as the designated hitter against North Dakota State (3/5) … went 2-for-4 with first career hits as the DH in the second game of the doubleheader against Northern Illinois (2/20).
BEFORE BC
Four-year player at Allen High School and played two years at Ranger Junior College in Ranger, Texas … batted .353 with six home runs and 48 RBIs in second season at Ranger … named a NTHSBCA All-Star as a high school senior … Allen was District 8-5A champions and went the regional semifinals in 2013 … named the Ranger College Student of the Year in 2014-15 … also listed on USA Today’s Academic All-Texas Team … president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Graduated with a finance degree from the Carroll School of Management … Chris is one of Andy and Diane Balogh’s three children … has two younger brothers, Carter and Collin.
Hits: 2 vs. Northern Illinois (2/20/16)
Runs: 1 (2x) last at Northeastern (3/21/17)
RBIs: 2 at Northeastern (4/5/17)
AS A SENIOR (2017)
Played in 19 games, making two starts – one at first base and one as the designated hitter … logged five hits, one run, four RBIs and three walks … tabbed a perfect fielding percentage in 19 chances … went 4-for-16 as a pinch hitter … was 3-for-4 with a runner on third and less than two outs …logged an RBI as a pinch hitter against No. 4 North Carolina (4/8) … tallied a career-high two RBIs, driving in the game winner with a double, in the first-round Beanpot win at Northeastern (4/5) … went 1-for-2 with an RBI in the victor over Massachusetts (3/29) … recorded a 1-for-3 day with a run scored against the Huskies in the first meeting of the season (3/21), coming in as a defensive replacement at first base … drew two walks in first start of the year against Toledo (3/7) … logged a pinch-hit single against Villanova (2/25) …earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement and was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Played in 26 games, making four starts – three as the designated hitter and one at first base … recorded seven hits, one run, one double, one RBI and five walks in 32 at bats …tallied a pinch-hit RBI single to drive in first career run in the Super Regional at No. 3 seed Miami (6/12) … drew a pinch-hit walk in the victory over No. 15 Tulane (6/5) … recorded a pinch-hit single against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament first-round game in Durham, N.C. (5/24) … drew a walk as a pinch hitter at Notre Dame (4/17) … went 1-for-1 with two walks in three pinch-hitting appearance against No. 16 Virginia (4/8-10) … singled in ninth the second game versus the Cavs, which put the game-winning run on first and the pinch runner eventually came around to score, tying the series … recorded first career double as a pinch hitter at Pittsburgh (3/25) … went 1-for-3 with first career BC run as the designated hitter against North Dakota State (3/5) … went 2-for-4 with first career hits as the DH in the second game of the doubleheader against Northern Illinois (2/20).
BEFORE BC
Four-year player at Allen High School and played two years at Ranger Junior College in Ranger, Texas … batted .353 with six home runs and 48 RBIs in second season at Ranger … named a NTHSBCA All-Star as a high school senior … Allen was District 8-5A champions and went the regional semifinals in 2013 … named the Ranger College Student of the Year in 2014-15 … also listed on USA Today’s Academic All-Texas Team … president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Graduated with a finance degree from the Carroll School of Management … Chris is one of Andy and Diane Balogh’s three children … has two younger brothers, Carter and Collin.
Baseball Defeats No. 9 Virginia (March 27, 2026)
Friday, March 27
Baseball Defeats Merrimack (March 25, 2026)
Wednesday, March 25
Baseball Defeats No. 10 NC State (March 14, 2026)
Saturday, March 14
Baseball defeats UConn 26-19
Tuesday, March 10
